Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they're all involved.

Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.

We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare.

I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.